- Assessment Tool for the evaluation of professional and technical competencies in work context
It might be the case that during the European mobility the learner is involved in some work-based activities.
This Tool can be used to assess the activities carried out during work-based activities in real work contexts / organizations, in the context of a given Unit of Learning Outcome, and for the activities carried out on-the-job-training.
The Tool should be used by the tutor and other teachers or supervisors directly responsible for monitoring the learner during the on-the-job-training period.
The Tool includes the assessment of: behavioural and relational competencies; on-the-job training competencies; technical knowledge, skills and competencies which are directly linked with the expected key technical outcomes of the practicum.
A percentage assessment scale is used. The percentage assessment scale is linked to the Europass scale, through a simple table of conversion, as well as the conversions for the scale of the country where the mobility takes place and the scale used in the country of origin.
Once engaged in the practicum, the learners will be assessed taking into account technical knowledge, skills, professional/technical competencies and other relevant soft skills for the labour market.
The On-The-Job Training Assessment Tool is a very flexible and dynamic tool which can be easily simplified or made more complex by the users, changing the proposed categories of assessment, indicators and weightings.
The tool is composed by four main sections / sheets:
► Behavioural and Relational Competencies: an excel sheet to register the assessment of the behavioural and relational competencies during the practicum / learning period – which can be replicated as often as necessary, depending on the number of intermediate assessments.
The tool proposes a set of behavioural and relational competencies which can be changed in accordance with the specific key technical outcome that are being assessed or the practicum activities.
The weighting of each competence should be filled by the evaluator (tutor / teacher).
Image 1: Example of the Behavioural and Relational Competencies.
► On-The-Job Training Competencies: an excel sheet to register the assessment of the soft skills that are relevant to the professional profile of the qualification within which the practicum is held – which can be replicated as often as necessary, depending on the number of intermediate assessments.
The tool proposes a set of competencies which can be changed in accordance with the professional profile of the qualification.
The weighting of each competence should be filled by the evaluator (tutor / teacher).
Image 2: Example of the Technical Knowledge, Skills and Competencies.
► Technical Knowledge, Skills and Competencies: an excel sheet to register the assessment of the technical knowledge, skills and competencies related with the specific key technical outcomes of the practicum – which can be replicated as often as necessary, depending on the number of intermediate assessments.
The evaluator (tutor / teacher) should identify the key technical outcomes that are being assessed, the performance criteria to evaluate the related technical knowledge, skills and competencies, and the respective weighting of each one.
Image 3: Example of the Technical Knowledge, Skills and Competencies.
► Learner Personal Record: an excel sheet, linked with the assessment results of the previous sections (Behavioural and Relational Competencies, On-The-Job Training Competencies, Technical Knowledge, Skills and Competencies) which systematizes the evaluation of the practicum in accordance with the weighting defined for each category by the evaluator (tutor / teacher).
Image 4: Learner Personal Record in the On-The-Job Training Assessment Tool.
Here it is the direct link to access the On-The-Job Training Assessment Tool.
Phase and Stage of the Pedagogical Circuit in which the Tool should be used:
Phase 2: Implementing Mobility
Stage 5: Monitoring and Evaluating
- Assessment scale and conversion between scales
A percentage assessment scale is used in the On-The-Job Training Assessment Tool.
The percentage assessment scale is linked to a qualitative assessment scale, based in the Europass scale, through a simple table of conversion. The conversion to the qualitative assessment scale is done automatically in the Learner Personal Record, where the evaluation results appear in both scales.
Table 1 presents a conversion between scales: percentage scale, Europass qualitative scale, as well as the conversions for the scale of the country where the mobility takes place and the scale used in the country of origin.
Table 1: Conversion between scales.
| EVALUATION | CONVERSION TO OTHER SCALES | ||
| SCALE 1 – 100 | EUROPASS SCALE | NATIONAL SCALE | SCALE OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
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0 – 49 |
Insufficient – harder work is required in order to domain the key technical outcome of the Unit. |
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50 |
Sufficient – the result obeys the minimum performance criteria of the Unit | ||
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51 – 65 |
Satisfactory – an honest performance, but with some important omissions | ||
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66 – 79 |
Good – a globally good performance, even if there are some mistakes of some relevance
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80 – 90 |
Very good – higher than average performance, even if there are some incorrectness
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91 – 100 |
Excellent – an outstanding performance, with little inexactitudes | ||
